Car Park At Granary Court Baker Lane King's Lynn Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

Refused 25/01782/F
Council
Kings Lynn 8.4/10
Date received
28 Oct 2025
Date validated
28 Oct 2025

Description

Re-development of the Baker Lane Car Park in connection with the refurbishment of the single storey toilet block and the erection of a new single storey building to form a Travel Hub comprising cycle parking, storage, repair and changing facilities. Development to include the re-organisation of the existing car park to provide new external vehicle and cycle parking facilities alongside hard and soft landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Planning committee

Decided by Kings Lynn Planning Committee on 2 Mar 2026.

Refused by 10 votes to 5

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

  • Officers advised approval because the hub would support active travel, improve connectivity and regenerate the town centre.
  • Residents and cycling campaigners raised concerns about safety, access, parking, location and the design of the cycle racks.
  • The committee voted 10 to 5 to refuse because the location could create conflict between cyclists and other users.
Read how the committee decided The proposed travel hub, site context, officers’ assessment, objections, committee debate and reasons for refusal. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Kings Lynn's committee minutes of 2 Mar 2026.

Site constraints 6

Kings Lynn Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Kings Lynn Conservation Area. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Heritage at risk: King's Lynn
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
77 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 102,103b, High Street, Grade II, about 38 m from the postcode pin · 4 Grade I, 8 Grade II*, 39 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Also on the record
Inside the King's Lynn built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Kings Lynn
Planning Authority Score
8.4/10
Excellent
#17 of 296 councils
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Householder decisions

Kings Lynn is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #20 out of 296. Only 27% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

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Kings Lynn decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #133 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #82 of 296
87%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #20 of 296
27%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #41 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
261 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
26 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,216
Total decisions
131 refused in the year to March 2026
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